Past

Regional shutdown

Mobile Internet, Broadband

Odisha

Odisha authorities ordered mobile and broadband Internet services to be suspended in Cuttack City amid local unrest.

Start 5 October 2025 11:00 UTC
End 7 October 2025 11:00 UTC
Total Duration 2 days

India

Population: 1,450,935,791

Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free

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Local impact

The Internet suspension covered all mobile and broadband Internet/data services, including broadband dial-up, and was effective from Sunday, 5 October, 19:00 to Monday, 6 October, 19:00. It was later extended to Tuesday, 7 October, 19:00.

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Social media

To contain rumors & escalation, the govt imposed a 24-hr internet shutdown in Cuttack security tightened across the city. pic.twitter.com/xOtaeEXQyL
— Treeni (@TheTreeni) October 5, 2025

Hello @MohanMOdisha @CMO_Odisha people of Cuttack are facing severe difficulties due to the ongoing internet shutdown in the city. The disruption of internet services has caused immense inconvenience to students, professionals, and leading to great distress among citizens.
— Lax_🇮🇳 (@lkantalk) October 6, 2025

Shutdown history

21 shutdowns in the last 12 months
421 shutdowns since 2018
90,496 shutdown hours since 2018

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